Gender, Children and Social Protection Minister-designate Ms Otiko Afisa Djaba, has said former president John Dramani Mahama was like an “emperor without clothes” during his term of office.
According to her, several Ghanaians, especially those from Northern Ghana, felt the severe hardship under President Mahama although the president could have alleviated their plight.
Her comment follows a call on her, during her vetting, by Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu to withdraw those words and apologise to the former president.
Speaking before the Appointments Committee on Monday, January 30, she said: “People have died for the country and we at this time must work and continue from where they left off, and, so, for me the president has been like Caesar’s wife and the issue of SADA affected me personally and the people of the North.”
“If you look at the results, it is indicative of how the people of the North felt. It is not an excuse to say that other people let him down because he is the president. The president of Mother Ghana, he was the president, and at times I felt he was the emperor without clothes and there was the need to draw his attention to it. It was not just political talk; governance affects the lives of all of us.
“Ghana is going to be 60 on the 6th of March, we must raise the bar. Governance affects people, it affects the lives of poor people, and when you are president of the country you have to be responsible for the lives of those people and if the incidence of poverty is the highest in the Northern Region, the president who comes from the North failed us in that respect. It will be very difficult to withdraw those statements.”
Source: classfmonline.com
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I will blame the NDC parliamentarians on the Committee for allowing all these to happen. I think that they should focus on asking the appointees questions that would engage them to tell Ghanaians what they would do to change the existing course. Unfortunately, the questions we hear are those that relate to campaign talks and incidence that occured 10 years back. Very dissapointing to hear the type questions that is put before the Minister designate for Gender, Children and Social Protection. Ghanaian voted for you to represent their cause and ask questions that would lead to development and not questions that are intended to score cheap political points. You better mount the campaign platform and defend your personal interest rather than spend time to read notes from people who ask you to present questions on their behalf. Let us be serious as a nation.
This woman has got " BALLS"... She says it like it is... No sugar coating !!!!! It is sad that Mahama would vote huge sums of money to develop the North only for a few unscrupulous people to squander it all... And then he would look on unconcerned and not lift a finger !!!! SHAME ON HIM !!! COLOSSAL FAILURE !!!!!
Massa; I will not even call Otiko Lady Trump; the lady should be called lady Obama who tells it straight in your face ; Ghanaians seem to have forgotten so easily the agony that this Jon Mahama allowed our dear country Ghana to sink and for this Haruna Iddrissu calling for an apology to Jon Mahama ;WHAT A LOAD OF FAECES : WHO SHOULD APOLOGISE : IT IS JON MAHAMA WHO SHOULD APOLOGISE TO GHANAIANS AND NORTHNERS !!!!!!! I say no doubt Haruna Iddrissu is involved in corrupt activities in parliament ; has this full Haruna forgotten the 'KAYAYEI' who were being chased by Oko Vanderpuje to pay taxes whilst they did not even have places to sleep in Accra whilst Jon Mahama and his wife were duping people through the DKM venture ; has Haruna forgotten the SADA episode ; has he forgotten how Jon Mahama was take bribes from contractors ; Otiko Djaba is an intelligent woman far past Jon Mahama ; Otiko Djaba knows Jon Mahama well because he knows his relative is a wicked man ; Jon mAhama is an embarassment to all Northners because in the past Northners were klknown to be honest people but today Northners because of Jon Mahama are known to stillers and corrupt people who teamed with Ewe/ayiogbe people make Ghana poor nation .
Thanks Iron Lady of our time,I like your spirit.
Yes, she get balls paa and knows him well. It could be a personal attack even. He is her cousin after all.....
Bold lady. No more politically correct business. I will call her Lady Trump